Jiu-Jitsu Student Akira Bua | Video

This 12-Year-Old Jujitsu Champ Is Smashing Gender Stereotypes

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Akira Bua has been practicing jujitsu since age 9 and has won gold at multiple national tournaments — often against boys much bigger than her. "If I'm fighting a boy, then sometimes they will underestimate me. And that can work to my advantage," she told POPSUGAR.

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